Ruth B. performs for students from Calgary's St. Rita School at Studio Bell on Dec. 4, 2017. Gavin Young / Postmedia

The Juno nominations were announced Tuesday morning and several Alberta-based acts made the short list.

Edmonton singer-songwriter Ruth B. is triple-nominated. She got the nod for both Album of the Year and Pop Album of the Year for Safe Haven, and was also nominated as Artist of the Year.

Well-known Calgary classical pianist Jan Lisiecki and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra are nominated in the Classical Album of the Year — Large Ensemble category for their album Chopin: Works for Piano & Orchestra. That will pit him against The Shaman & Arctic Symphony, by University of Calgary professor Vincent Ho and featuring the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra & Nunavut Sivuniksavut Performers. Ho was also nominated for best classical composition for the same album.

Tim Williams has been nominated for Blues Album of the Year.

Calgary bluesman Tim Williams is nominated along with Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne and Yukon native Brandon Isaak for Big City, Back Country Bluesin the category of Blues Album of the Year.

Former Hanna, Alta., rock band Nickelback has another Juno nomination for rock album of the year.

Blumenort, Alberta’s High Valley’s Dear Life is up for country album of the year. Bragg Creek native Shawn Everett is up for Recording Engineer of the Year for his work on Perfume Genius’s No Shape and the War on Drugs’ Deeper Understanding.

Edmonton-based Striker is nominated for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year.

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